PINEHURST, N.C.‚— There was a heartbreaking video that emerged Friday morning featuring an innocent youth—at least I think he’s innocent—carrying out an egregious order at the behest of some heartless superior. It would be cruel and unusual to make you bear witness again by embedding it here, but in short—I hope you’re sitting down—he was Read more…
PINEHURST, N.C. — It’s been 25 years, and Roger Maltbie, Dan Hicks, and lead producer Tommy Roy still work at NBC. They’re back at Pinehurst to call the 2024 U.S. Open, just as they did at the first Pinehurst Open in 1999. Joining them is Jim “Bones” Mackay, now an NBC analyst, who caddied for Read more…
PINEHURST, N.C. — In the year when Willie Mack III lived out of his Ford Mustang, his dad knew where he was every night. Most of the time, the accommodations were a hotel parking lot, squeezed between two other cars since it made it harder for staff to find him and kick him out. But Read more…
Despite all the sturm und drang over the “sanctity of par,” the “half-stroke penalty of the rough” and the pressing desire of course setup types to “get every club in the bag dirty” as if they were fiendishly conducting some kind of torture experiment disguised as a morality play, the U.S. Open really is the Read more…
Pinehurst Resort hosts its fourth U.S. Open this week on its No. 2 Course, and its first in 10 years, but going forward the iconic Donald Ross design is going to get a lot more traffic. Just five years hence, Pinehurst will host the U.S. Open and U.S. Women’s Open in consecutive weeks, reprising the Read more…
Prepare your eyes for a scene set sometime back in golf history. James Walker Tufts developed the Pinehurst resort prior to 1900 as a wellness retreat. Ironically this week, the world’s best will walk amongst those same pines in search of their own sanity. A true test of confidence and capabilities, this national championship will Read more…
Fifty years after “The Massacre at Winged Foot” and on the eve of this year’s US Open at Pinehurst No.2, almost everything has changed – including the USGA’s philosophy surrounding a course’s playing characteristics.
What kind of golf is best for major championships? There are more elements at play in golf’s current ecosystem, and perhaps a reconsideration is in order.
We often hear snippets about Schauffele – like Jordan Spieth calling him the funniest player in the Ryder Cup locker room – but it’s likely fans don’t know the full backstory on one of golf’s biggest stars. Here are 15 of the most important things to know about the 2024 PGA champion.
There’s no way to know if the world No.1 would have definitely fared better had his week not been derailed, but it remains an interesting question to ponder.
No one quits golf for 20 years and then magically qualifies for his first major championship at an age when many guys are starting to wind down their competitive careers. That just sounds crazy. “It’s totally crazy,” said Tracy Phillips, who is only too happy to simultaneously have checked off “do something crazy” and “play Read more…
I don’t think we talk enough about Brooks. Not the “brothers,” though I am in need of seersucker and a particularly sporty rep tie. No, not “Garth” or even “and Dunn,” even though both country-music legends would seem ideal for a major championship played in a state famous for consuming distilled spirits surrounded by “friends in Read more…
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